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Celebrating 43 Years

Graves Mountain

Apple Harvest

Festival

October 6 - 7
October 13 - 14
October 20 - 21 2012


Free Admission / Free Parking
Rain or Shine
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Daily

 Kids climbing on Hay Mountain
Vendor tents, apple bins, with the lodge in the background
Come and see nature's way of blanketing the mountains with stunning color during the month of October. Enjoy fun filled days complete with good food and entertainment including bluegrass music, cloggers, over 70 arts and crafts vendors, hayrides, hay mountain, hay maze and horseback rides. Experience the days of yesteryear watching apple butter being cooked in kettles over and open fire. Our orchards are open for apple picking or you may select your own from the apple bins at the picnic pavilion. On your way to the orchard, stop by an visit the farm and the animals.
     
2012 Bands - Music played daily from 11:00 - 3:00
Cloggers dance daily from 3:30 - 4:30
Oct 6 - Mark Templeton Oct 13 - Dark Hollow Oct 20 - TBA Oct 8 - TBA Oct 15 - TBA Oct 22 -TBA
Oct 7 - TBA Oct 14 - TBA Oct 21 - TBA Oct 9 - TBA Oct 16 - TBA Oct 23 - TBA
 

 
Mr Haybale

Food - Food - Food - Food - Food
Lunch is served in the festival area and reservations are not required. Home cooked meals will be served in the covered picnic pavilion each Saturday and Sunday from 11:30 AM - 4:30 PM or as long as the food stores hold out! The menu will be:

Brunswick Stew, Cornbread, Applebutter, Applesauce and Apple cider.
Hamburgers, Hotdogs, Pork Barbeque
 
Also sold at places other than the main food line: Funnel Cakes, Apple Butter Donuts, Ice cream, Apple pies

Meals at the lodge:

At the main lodge lunch is served from 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, dinner from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM.

Reservations are required and seating is limited. Please call 540-923-4231 for reservations.

Apple Orchards-

Pick you own apples fresh from the trees. Varieties include: Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Stayman, York, Winesap, Mutsu, Fuji, Granny Smith, Rome, and Empire.

At our Packing Shed, located in Syria, across the street from Syria Mercantile, you can also select pre-picked apples to suit your tastes or purchase pumpkins, gourds, cider and Indian corn. We also offer a large selection of our preserves and condiments. For more information contact the packing shed at 540-923-4638.
Gift Shop- stop in at the main lodge to find a variety of items. Clothing, gift items, preserves toys, jewelry and country gifts. Syria Mercantile - a country store located in Syria, that has all your needs from sandwhiches, clothes, fishing supplies, hunting supplies, hardware, gifts and much much more.